Tuesday July 31. To North Rwin? Left our camp at 6.30 with a strong head wind and beat 4 miles along the shore until about 2 o'clock when being unable ico proceed further we reached the boat. After lunch we sent ashore the Indians to get wood and cook bread, while I took my gun and m dropped over the grassy meadows for shorebirds of which I sawed a large number and several species of ducks shot some shore birds and made up several species not before obtained. When the tide had flowed sufficiently about 8 P.M. we started on wild round and sailed until nearly 12 P.M., there being no wind, where we landed on a bare sandy islet on which some Arctic Terns had apparently nested as they kept up a clam all night. (Young terns rely ready to fly were found next morning) Wednesday Aug 1. As soon as the tide permitted (about 8.30) we got our boat off and continued our way. After sooring until about noon we had a fair light wind and put up our sail and sailed until about sunset but not very fast. The wind then died out and we rowed until dark finally/ge landing on a grassy point where we enc)amped. Soon after leaving our camp on the island one of the men fired at a duck and at the report thousands of Sandpipers rose from the beach when they had been feeding and forming into a immense flock circled about. They were too far off to e distinguish any of the species. In the distance they resembled an immense swarm of insects. During the day we saw several Seals and [illegible] several schools of the white whale.